S. List of Acronyms

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  • ADCIRC Advanced Circulation Model for Oceanic, Coastal, and Estuarine Waters; a hydrodynamic model
  • ADCIRC EC2001 Tidal Constituent Database for ADCIRC http://www.unc.edu/ims/ccats/tides/tides.htm
  • ATCF Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting; forecasting system
  • AT Along-Track
  • BAM Beta Advection Model
  • BAMD Beta Advection Model Deep; version of the BAM with a deep-layer
  • BAMM Beta Advection Model Medium; version of the BAM with a medium-layer
  • BAMS Beta Advection Model Shallow; version of the BAM with a shallow-layer
  • CH3D-SSMS Curvilinear-grid Hydrodynamics 3D Storm Surge Modeling System; a hydrodynamic model http://ch3d-ssms.coastal.ufl.edu
  • CIMSS Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
  • CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center
  • CT Cross-Track
  • DOD Department of Defense
  • ELCIRC Eulerian-Lagrangian Circulation; a hydrodynamic model
  • EST Empirical Simulation Technique
  • FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map
  • FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
  • GCCS-M Global Command and Control System – Maritime (US DOD)
  • GEODAS Geophysical Data Management System; geographic database developed by NGDC
  • GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; atmospheric weather model specifically for hurricanes
  • HPGN High Precision Geodetic Network
  • HURDAT Atlantic Basin Hurricane Database
  • HWRF Version of WRF specifically for hurricanes
  • JPM Joint Probability Method
  • JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center
  • LPFS Lake Ponchatrain Forecasting System
  • MEOW Maximum Envelope Of Water; at each grid point for a given set of storm intensity and approach
  • MOM Maximum Of Maximums; maximum of all the MEOWs
  • MWL Mean Water Level
  • NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
  • NCEP National Center for Environmental Protection
  • NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
  • NGPS Noninvasive Geophysical Probing System
  • NHC National Hurricane Center
  • NMCF Naval Maritime Forecast Center
  • NMFA National Maritime Forecasting Agency
  • NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NOPP National Ocean Partnership Program
  • NOS National Ocean Service
  • NRL Navy Research Lab
  • OFCI Official Track Forecast Interpolated from the previous 6 hours
  • OFCL Official NHC hurricane forecast track
  • PDF Probability Density Function
  • POE Probability Of Exceedance
  • SCOOP SURA Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction
  • SLOSH Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes; a hydrodynamic model used by the NHC to simulate storm surge
  • SURA Southeastern Universities Research Association
  • SWAN Simulating Waves Nearshore; a wave model
  • TRK Tracks of Hurricanes; used by the NHC
  • UTM Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system; horizontal coordinating system
  • WPMDS Weather Processing Message Distribution System
  • WRF Weather Research and Forecasting; atmospheric weather model
  • WW3 Wave Watch 3; a wave model


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